Abstracts tagged "Genetic Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 1201 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Progress Report On An Emerging Disease: NOD2-Associated Autoinflammatory Disease
Qingping Yao, Rheumatic and Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: We recently reported a new disease designated as NOD2-associated autoinflammatory disease (NAID). The aim of this study was to update the progress on defining the disease. Methods: A…
Abstract Number: 1211 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adult Autoinflammatory Phenotypes Associated With Heterozygous MEFV Mutations: A Continuum of Familial Mediterranean Fever?
Qingping Yao, Rheumatic and Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is traditionally regarded as an autosomal recessive disease characterized by periodic fever, serositis, erysipelas-like erythema and good response to colchicine. The…
Abstract Number: 687 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Role Of Class II Human Leukocyte Antigens In The Progression From Early To Definite Systemic Sclerosis
Barbara Vigone¹, Alessandro Santaniello², Maurizio Marchini¹, Gaia Montanelli¹, Monica Caronni¹, Adriana Severino¹, Stefania Celeste¹ and Lorenzo Beretta³, ¹Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, ²Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, ³Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: Criteria for the diagnosis of Early Systemic Sclerosis (EaSSc) have been formalized by LeRoy and Medsger in 2001 and later validated by Koenig et…
Abstract Number: 170 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Of BMI, 8 SNPs Reported To Be Related To Gout Phenotype and Their Interaction In Gout Incidence In Framingham Heart Study
Jasvinder A. Singh^1,2, Ana Vazquez³, Richard Reynolds³, Vinodh Srinivasasainagendra⁴, S. Louis Bridges Jr.⁵ and David Allison³, ¹Rheumatology, Birmingham VA, Birmingham, AL, ²Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of alabama at birmingham, birmingham, AL, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: We aim to assess the association of 8 serum urate SNPs and BMI and their interactions with incident gout in a population-based cohort study. Methods:…
Abstract Number: 173 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA-DRB1*08:02 Is Associated With Bucillamine-Induced Proteinuria In Japanese Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Case-Control Study
Hiroshi Furukawa¹, Shomi Oka¹, Kota Shimada², Shoji Sugii², Atsushi Hashimoto³, Akiko Komiya¹, Naoshi Fukui¹, Taiichiro Miyashita⁴, Kiyoshi Migita⁴, Akiko Suda⁵, Shouhei Nagaoka⁶, Naoyuki Tsuchiya⁷ and Shigeto Tohma¹, ¹Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ⁴Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Omura, Japan, ⁵Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyousai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁷Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Bucillamine (Buc) is one of the commonly used disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in Japan. Drug-induced proteinuria can occur in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated…
Abstract Number: 157 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Application Of a Multiplex Gene Polymorphism Assay For Variants Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility: Results Of 168 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms In The Optima Study
Jeffrey F. Waring¹, Viswanath Devanarayan², Kenneth Idler¹, Feng Hong², Josef S. Smolen³, Arthur Kavanaugh⁴, Hartmut Kupper⁵, Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁶ and Alla Skapenko⁷, ¹AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ²AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worchester, MA, ³Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁵AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Background/Purpose: Genetic factors have been identified that may be associated with the development and severity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), disease progression, or response to treatment.…